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Official Blog of the Institute of Local Government Studies, University of BirminghamWed, 30 Nov 2016 09:08:16 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/Comment on Can High Speed Two Bridge the North-South Divide? Weighing the Evidence by Melanie Smanshttps://inlogov.com/2016/11/29/can-high-speed-two-bridge-the-north-south-divide-weighing-the-evidence/#comment-11068
Wed, 30 Nov 2016 09:08:16 +0000http://inlogov.com/?p=1872#comment-11068You are famous!!!!
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Fri, 22 Jan 2016 17:33:19 +0000http://inlogov.com/?p=1311#comment-10592It’s nice to find a topical post – even if it was published much earlier.

Do you still prefer the combination of all-out elections and single-member wards? I can see the sense of the former, but the latter looks like a recipe for ineptitude & corruption – which BCC has far too much of already.

I thought Kerslake was meant to fix that, not further entrench it.

Having skim-read the report, I’ve not found anything that gives clear evidence and analysis of why single-member wards are more effectively goiverned, better connected to the respective communities, and more representative of wards with diverging political/social/economic interests.

Any clues?

I’m intending to write the DCLG objecting to the excessive imposition of single-member wards when all-out elections and 1-3 member wards would produce much better outcomes for governance, cohesion, continuity, and identity.

your thoughts might provide more points in support, or a useful foil for honing my views…😉

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Thu, 03 Dec 2015 19:01:53 +0000http://inlogov.com/?p=1462#comment-10132Just brilliant. I really like your post that completely interpreted my feelings on the matter. Thank you.
]]>Comment on Devolution: a journey into the unknown? by The four deficits of the English devolution process : Democratic Audit UKhttps://inlogov.com/2015/10/23/devolution-a-journey-into-the-unknown/#comment-10110
Tue, 01 Dec 2015 13:01:07 +0000http://inlogov.com/?p=1372#comment-10110[…] the constituent local councils likely to be high. A number of pertinent questions have already been posed about the future of this fragile relationship: How will these new institutions and changed […]
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Sun, 29 Nov 2015 23:35:15 +0000http://inlogov.com/?p=1182#comment-10097[…] Refutation: Only if you believe your government’s own ‘spending power’-driven propaganda, ignore the council’s additional responsibilities – particularly public health and the new burdens related to adult social care – and forget that additional Better Care Funding for adult social care is not new money, but has been at the expense of funding for NHS services (see also https://inlogov.com/2015/01/21/the-fairness-or-otherwise-of-the-2015-16-local-government-finance-sett&#8230😉. […]
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Mon, 23 Nov 2015 18:08:24 +0000http://inlogov.com/?p=1374#comment-10036Interesting article about the evolving role of elected local authorities and devolution in Turkey. which seems, despite the challenges outlined, quite progressive. My own research in post-conflict Tunisia suggests the same debate taking place about the roles of elected local government and central government appointed governors and officials.
]]>Comment on Skills? What Skills! by Adnan Saifhttps://inlogov.com/2015/11/23/skills-what-skills/#comment-10035
Mon, 23 Nov 2015 13:30:21 +0000http://inlogov.com/?p=1409#comment-10035Good analysis of the challenges facing the new executive mayors as leaders. The overriding hope is that their mandate will ultimately enable them to navigate the minefield of challenges and expectations outlined in the article. The London experience may offer hope in this regard. In the end, personalities matter as well.
]]>Comment on In case you missed it: the Local Government (Independence) Bill by The prospects for local government independence are bleak due to the centre’s unwillingness to give up power : Democratic Audit UKhttps://inlogov.com/2014/09/09/in-case-you-missed-it-the-local-government-independence-bill/#comment-2825
Tue, 30 Sep 2014 08:00:59 +0000http://inlogov.com/2014/09/09/in-case-you-missed-it-the-local-government-independence-bill/#comment-2825[…] this is an updated version of a piece which originally appeared on the INLOGOV blog. It represents the views of the author and not those of Democratic Audit or the LSE. Please read […]
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Mon, 29 Sep 2014 09:09:24 +0000http://inlogov.wordpress.com/?p=205#comment-2816[…] wrote in these columns two years ago about how, filling the gap left by the Government’s scrapping of the Comprehensive […]
]]>Comment on The Butler 1944 Education Act: both milestone and millstone by Kithttps://inlogov.com/2013/10/01/education-act/#comment-2140
Thu, 17 Jul 2014 02:10:28 +0000http://inlogov.wordpress.com/?p=810#comment-2140I know it was unfair; there were inevitably inequalities of outcomes. But did it work; in the admittedly restricted sense that the economy of the country was enhanced by a more competent workforce than would otherwise have been available in the post-war years? Did we see the first stirrings of a ‘rise of the meritocracy’? I’d genuinely like to know…
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